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A vinyl album with a "raw country" sound and spoken-word poetry has been flying off the shelves at a Hollywood, Calif., boutique, never mind that the artist is convicted mass murderer Charles Manson.
Manuel Vasquez, 26, co-owner of the Beauty Is Pain boutique, told ABCNews.com he has so far sold a "couple hundred" copies of the vinyl recording, which retails for $18 and includes never-before-heard tracks of Manson playing guitar. Some of the material, which Vasquez said he obtained from an "old friend" of the convict, dates back to the 1980s.
"It's him singing and playing guitar and also reciting some poetry and spoken word type stuff," Vasquez said. "[He] sounds like an old blues man or a raw country singer."
A few months ago, Vasquez became pen pals with the 77-year-old Manson, who is incarcerated at Cochran State Prison in California.
He sent Manson, whose songs have been included on albums by the Beach Boys, Guns 'N Roses and Marilyn Manson, a mini-copy of the album cover.
http://news.yahoo.com/mass-murderer-charles-manson-music-release-165842839--abc-news-topstories.html
Manuel Vasquez, 26, co-owner of the Beauty Is Pain boutique, told ABCNews.com he has so far sold a "couple hundred" copies of the vinyl recording, which retails for $18 and includes never-before-heard tracks of Manson playing guitar. Some of the material, which Vasquez said he obtained from an "old friend" of the convict, dates back to the 1980s.
"It's him singing and playing guitar and also reciting some poetry and spoken word type stuff," Vasquez said. "[He] sounds like an old blues man or a raw country singer."
A few months ago, Vasquez became pen pals with the 77-year-old Manson, who is incarcerated at Cochran State Prison in California.
He sent Manson, whose songs have been included on albums by the Beach Boys, Guns 'N Roses and Marilyn Manson, a mini-copy of the album cover.
http://news.yahoo.com/mass-murderer-charles-manson-music-release-165842839--abc-news-topstories.html